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Aockv�d Id <br />Orange County AmeriCorps Project Summary <br />January 15 — February 27, 2003 <br />Earlier this year, Orange County hosted a team of 12 AmeriCorps volunteers <br />for a six -week project. The primary project was for the team to clean up the <br />grounds around an old home site and pond located on County property <br />adjacent to the County's Southern Human Services Center. The work was <br />the first step toward the County preparing the site for future use as a small <br />conference center. The volunteers cleared storm debris and trash piles, <br />spread mulch around the grounds, cleared the area around the pond, <br />constructed picnic tables and benches, and developed a network of walking <br />trails through the woods. [One of the trails links to an existing trail on the <br />adjacent UNC Horace Williams property.] <br />Other work completed by the AmeriCorps volunteers included helping to <br />deconstruct two houses located in the Heritage Hills subdivision, painting <br />office space in the Whitted Building, and constructing several miles of <br />walking trails at the Little River Regional Park. <br />The County secured lodging for the team at Camp Chestnut Ridge. The <br />Camp also benefited from the project as the volunteers performed some <br />additional work for the Camp during weekends. <br />